Maggie's FarmWe are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for. |
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Saturday, March 31. 2018High-tech olive harvesting, for Easter weekendTaking jobs from the farm workers. Progress. Oil, bread, and wine.
Charles Murray talks about his life
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JudasFrom Vanderleun: Judas: A Saint for Our Season
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Saturday morning linksDrinking several coffees a day could lower risk of heart disease Outdoor club at college in Maine accused of being ‘massively white’ and ‘sickeningly privileged’ NY Times Opinion: That Roseanne Show Was Funny…And Dangerous The Stunning Statistical Fraud Behind The Global Warming Scare There’s a Chappaquiddick Film Coming Next Week, and the Kennedy Dynasty Won’t Like It Somewhat related, do sociopaths lack empathy? Democrat: Voters Are Too Stupid to Fill Out Ballots Chelsea Handler Sniffs That Her Armed Guards Don't Have Semi-Automatic Weapons. Twitter: Whaaaaaat? Let Hillary Talk!
Trump's got it all wrong about Amazon Sara Carter: The Coming-Soon IG Reporter Contains Criminal Referrals Why AG Sessions declined to appoint a special counsel Trump desperately needs a crack legal team. But his lawyers are no match for Mueller, and no sane attorney would join them now. A Huge Caravan Of Central Americans Is Headed For The US, And No One In Mexico Dares To Stop Them Doctors in violent Venezuela work under threat of death if patients die Socialist paradise Friday, March 30. 2018The title on this Peterson interview is misleading"Sorting yourself out is harder than you think." It's just a good chat about foolish youth who want to save the world. Peterson is right. It's adolescent narcissism.
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A visit to Clinton CountryAn anthropological study: In Politico by Adam Wren, My 72-Hour Safari in Clinton Country - More than a year into Trump’s presidency, the bubble has closed back over the Acela Corridor, where voters say they do not regret not voting for Trump. Amusing.
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The Washington Bubble
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Easter menuWe'll have 12 or so for after-church brunch. My suggestions for our (mostly-Italian) menu: Primi: Lasagna After that, a hike with family friends and kids. What's on your Easter menu? Friday morning linksPope Francis: 'There Is No Hell' Really? Life can be hell Coffee must carry cancer warning, California judge rules How much data do they have on you? A chat with Martina Navlatilova NYC college offering ‘Feminist Economics’ course Is that like how to put those Jimmy Choos on your credit card? Utah Seeks To Legalize Free-Range Parenting The Sliming of Kevin Williamson Schlicter: Every Word Liberals Say About Guns Is A Lie Why are so many states broke? . In the US, New unemployment claims hit lowest number in 45 years
Trump Ends Temporary Amnesty for Nearly 1K Liberian Nationals Trump Admin Looking to Penalize Immigrants on Welfare After Syria, the next refugee crisis is in Venezuela DANNY GLOVER PRAISES HEALTH CARE OF SOCIALIST COUNTRY W/NO MEDICINE Senior Palestinian Official: Female Terrorist Leaders Prove Our Gender Equality And child suicide bombers prove their lack of age discrimination Passover Answers Whether Jews Are A People Or Just A Religion
This column confronts the anti-Israel agenda of trying to disassociate Jews from our thousands of years of roots and attachment in favor of relative newcomers, many indeed only since Israel brought relative prosperity to the formerly barren desert. Most recently, UNESCO ignored the Jewish temples on the Mount in Jerusalem -- our holiest place-- instead just referring to the site by later Arab names. Here's the column, well worth the read, about Jews as a people and a religion, with Passover and its narrative being highlighted for its a central portion of our daily prayers, our ethic, and our unending attachment to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount-- regardless of diaspora and persecutions. Passover, with the first Seder, begins tonight. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a member of the Institute's iEngage Project, and a contributing editor to The New Republic. His latest book, Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, was named the 2013 National Jewish Book Council Book of the Year. His autobiography, Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, has just been released in paperback by HarperCollins.
Continue reading "Passover Answers Whether Jews Are A People Or Just A Religion" Thursday, March 29. 2018How bears scratch their backsSame way I do
QQQ"The most difficult fitness exercise is dragging your lazy, useless ass to the gym." My genius trainer.
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Thursday morning links
Why NYC's Union Square Station is so screwy The Coming Trans Medical Backlash Polly gets it right for once: The case of the cheating girlfriend Things That Fund Managers Don’t Say Enough Why some of the flashiest Android phones aren't in the US Can Roseanne Save America? VDH: Where Are the Left’s Modern Muckrakers? A Dreamer of the Golden Dream: Jerry Brown’s Future for Higher Education California's Loopy 'Sanctuary State' Law — Is The Golden State Trying To Secede? Trump Finally Cans VA Secretary David Shulkin Betsy on Zinke's indifference to diversity Let’s Repeal All the Amendments There is no ‘epidemic of mass school shootings’ — children are more at risk when they ride in a car, swim in a pool, or put food in their mouths No, The ‘March For Our Lives’ Isn’t Defining A Generation Trump Would Deny Citizenship to Immigrants Who Accept Public Benefits Devin Nunes: Obama Officials in the White House Were Being Briefed on the Trump Campaign by FBI COLLUSION DELUSION: New Documents Show OBAMA Officials, FBI COORDINATED in Anti-Trump Probe - Former Sen. Harry Reid asked James Comey to investigate Trump FBI doubles staff in response to subpoena for alleged FISA abuse, Hillary Clinton email probe documents Afghanistan: 15 Years Of War: To Whose Benefit? Strange Things Happen to European Countries Resisting George Soros" Assault Wednesday, March 28. 2018Robotic parking garage in BrooklynThere goes a job. I had never encountered a robotic parking garage until last weekend in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. (By the way, Fort Greene was once a scary place. Not anymore. Very pleasant, with a perfect cozy neighborhood Italian joint, Belli on Fulton St.) The garage had rack parking 3 floors underground. You park the car on the elevator, get out, and down it goes. When it's time to go, you watch the robot lift your car off the rack on the video camera. Robot places your car on the elevator, and up it comes.
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How to progress in life: "Commitment and sacrifice are the same thing." Also, "Almost all ideas are stupid."Smart Lefty guy surprised to find Peterson's book "good" - even helpful to him
His only quibble is with the foundations of Peterson's idea of the good life: "Reduce suffering." If there is a better idea outside of religion, I either haven't heard it or cannot understand it.
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QQQMost people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. Sigmund Freud Wednesday morning linksThe Left’s Doomed Crusade to Erase Gender Differences NOAA Data Tampering Approaching 2.5 Degrees When Will We Have the Guts to Link Fatherlessness to School Shootings? Data on mass shootings at school don't live up to the hysteria NFL owners finalize $90M social-justice deal without resolving anthem protests Extortion Journalism as political activism: Choosing what you want people to know is a form of activism, even if it’s not the march-and-protest kind. CNN host admits he let David Hogg tell lies during interview. Just wait until you hear his reason. Don’t Regulate Facebook Did Facebook’s ‘favors’ for the Obama campaign constitute a violation of federal law? Twitter Tanks After Citron Warns "Wait Til Congress Finds Out About This" The week Trump was the only sane man in Washington "In Venezuela, hungry child gangs use machetes to fight for ‘quality’ garbage" - Chavez’s legacy Tuesday, March 27. 2018QQQ"In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer, via Althouse Breaking news: Trump is a naughty man
Re the below, what is more deplorable, moral preening or naughtiness?
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Tuesday morning linksPhoto stolen from Never Yet Melted Scary indeed. Pusillanimous too. The Stupidity of the 'March For Our Lives' NY Times Unintentionally Exposes The Astroturfing Of The March For Taking People’s Guns Away Sultan: Who Runs March for Our Lives? Planned Parenthood Issues The Most Morally Blind Tweet Regarding 'March For Our Lives' - "Everyone has the right to lead a life that is healthy & free from violence." Israeli Technology Able to Make Water From Thin Air Food snobs and Olive Garden 4 Things Every Man Should Look for in a Wife Why artists should have day jobs Deep in the crater of a volcano sits a new memorial to Pacific Theater chaplains - At the 'Punchbowl Cemetery,' a 1,600-pound black granite stone commemorates those who put their lives on the line to bring God into the lives of others Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis An Increasing Public Health Concern Brown promises ‘tuition-free’ Master's for DACA students Students call Thomas Jefferson 'icon' of white supremacists A Bit Of Insanity: Government Spending On Flood Insurance Flood insurance should be market-priced “If you’re homeless in LA, it’s the end of the line.” Why Tesla Agreed to Pay Elon Musk So Much 6 Americans Produce Services for Every Worker Producing Physical Products. Far more American workers produce services rather than goods, so why do we ignore them when it comes to trade policy? President Trump signs law declaring National Vietnam War Veterans Day CNN In Full Meltdown Over Zinke Allegedly Favoring ‘Excellence’ Over ‘Diversity’ A blasphemy US leads world in CO2 emissions reduction New York and New Jersey officials need to find cheaper, better ways to build crucial projects instead of expecting Washington to pay whatever price they ask. Reynolds: Silicon Valley has gone from liberating to creepy. Next stop, government regulation. I see no need for much regulation. In these businesses, the user is the product being sold. Users know that. Obama: I Hope to Create ‘A Million Young Barack Obamas’ By cloning or by screwing around? Trump administration to add citizenship question to 2020 census This Texas Law Is The Perfect Antidote To California's Sanctuary Insanity More than a dozen states backing Trump in California sanctuary lawsuit SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST, MURDERED IN PARIS Informant provided FBI evidence Russia aided Iran nuclear program during Obama years China talks concessions after Trump’s tough trade moves Monday, March 26. 2018The sanctity of "my lived experience"
Most of the world cares about objective reality, not subjective. One aspect of my day job is to help peoples' subjective experiences align more closely with objective reality.
A book Donald Trump didn't need to readSeveral gals I know read this book to understand how (many) men function. They want to be man-savvy and particularly predator-savvy. It seems like a how-to book for guys who have been disappointed in their romantic or simply sexual pursuits. Some guys are luckier than others. Some guys are chick magnets, and they are not all tall, dark (or orange), and handsome. It's not just rich and powerful guys who decide to give their instincts free rein. It's not just guys, either. Interesting to me that nobody needs to write books for women about how to get appealing males into bed. It just comes naturally to them.
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Monday morning linksOlder Americans are experiencing ‘delayed aging’ — and better health Growing questions about CNN's airport monopoly as network veers left Student at Providence College Attacked for Sharing Catholic Teaching The Red Guards Take Over Mount Holyoke College How is genetics changing our understanding of race? NYT: Barry Diller on Hollywood and the future of film Last Fall This Scholar Defended Colonialism. Now He’s Defending Himself. We’re Saved: Global Experts Take Long Fossil Fueled Trips To Save Us From ‘Climate Change’ If they believed in it, they wouldn't do that. If you talk the talk, you need to walk the walk. Like anti-gun celebs with armed bodyguards. The biggest albatross of environmentalism is its well-deserved reputation for apocalypticism Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered CHILDREN’S CRUSADE? NO, IT’S WORSE “Forgive Me If I Don’t Want A Lesson On The Second Amendment From A 16-Year-Old” You Want To Have A Serious Talk About Gun Violence? Let’s Talk About Chicago And Handguns New York Taxi Industry Update, And The Problem With Unsustainable Government Giveaways Scott Pruitt slammed for spending less on travel than Obama’s EPA chiefs McCabe's Mea-Non-Culpa Editorial in the, Get This, Washington Post: I Didn't Intentionally Mislead Anybody. My Answers Weren't "Fully Accurate," But I Was Confused 'I Went Through Hell': Former FBI Agent Says Andrew McCabe 'Targeted', 'Slandered' Her Giddy Up – DOJ Admits They Have a Grand Jury Empaneled in FBI and DOJ Investigation… MILITARY SERVICE BY TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS, GEN. MATTIS SPEAKS After his squad leader went down, this Marine fought to death trying to save his men Vietnam War - Fighting in Hue City, 1968 A book: South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After Standing Up in France - One hundred French intellectuals make a public declaration against Islamist totalitarianism. Why the French government wants Muslim immigrants is a mystery ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian sources: Turkish air raids destroy Christian archaeological sites Sunday, March 25. 2018Good magic
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